US says bid to retake Iraq's Mosul from IS making progress

US says bid to retake Iraq's Mosul from IS making progress Amman (AFP) May 15, 2016 - The US-led offensive to recapture the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State group is making progress, the top American envoy to the coalition said Sunday. IS had "returned to suicide bombing" because the area under its control was shrinking and it was on the defensive, Brett McGurk said at a conference in the Jordanian capital. His remarks came as jihadist suicide assailants broke i ... more

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